Life, 1915-03-04 · page 14 of 48
Life — March 4, 1915 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main illustration shows a chaotic battle scene with figures in military attire wielding swords and flags. The caption reads: "Put on her iron overalls and slapped the English out of France," which appears to reference Joan of Arc—the medieval French military leader who fought the English. The accompanying dialogue satirizes a debate about women's roles during wartime. Characters argue whether women should engage in military combat versus domestic duties ("Woman's place are by the stove"). The satire mocks both pacifist and militarist positions regarding female participation. The "Evolution" diagram at bottom humorously traces human development from prehistoric times to 1915, likely commenting on contemporary social progress debates. The "Lenten Song for Sylvia" poem offers religious/moral commentary on Lenten sacrifice, unrelated to the military satire above.
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“Put on her iron overalls and slapped the English out of France” Asquith they hit some innocent by- stander,” This I said. “Innocence should not bystand when ladies throws,” he judiciate. ~ “T am disgust to hear such light talk from such heavy whisker!” I dib, “While you set there idly plead- ing something should happen. it not be more better for Vigi Comm to rush forth & lynch some lady?” “What good?” he narrate. “ You could lynch her, but you could not change her sex. Once a lady always a lady.” “Tf that scandalism of dynamite are not stopped by police or some other morals, all churches will be wrecked. Then where will persons go?" I ask it. “To moving pictures as usual,” he response. BC. 100000 BC. $0000 I think 53 seconds for more peeved argument. “Woman's place are by the stove,” I raggle. “There she can find happi- ness in ovens. Babies is her franchise. Ah no! Votes is not the last word for her!!” “Togo, retire to calmness,” Bunkio Sago, champion Japanese wisdom, say so. “ You can lynch & legislate, but so long as Woman remain feminine and hysterical she will get it.” “Get what?” I shock. Vote?” : “No. The Last Word,” say that Limon Abbot of Japan. T am high flattened. Hoping you are the same Yours truly Hasuimura Toco, (Per Wallace Irwin.) “The 4 SS XK) B.¢ $000 EVOLUTION Lenten Song for Sylvia S LVIA, now that days are ashen, (That's, I think, the hue of Lent!), When for folly 'tis the fashion To repent, Ere you settle on the pleasures That shall be by you deferred, Let me, in these modest measures, Breathe to you a little word! Sylvia, you may give up dances, Dresses dreamy as the mist; Give up gossip and romances, And bridge whist; Give up motor drives and dinners, Give up quaffing—even teal! You may give up saving sinners, If you do not give up me! Sylvia, you may give up candy, And the ‘opera and play, Practicing the ars amandi Day by day; Give up every swain that hovers Round you like a wooing bee; Give up all your other lovers If you do not give up me! Clinton Scollard. Literary Item IRST BOOK WORM: Which is best, to buy your books at auction, through an agent, or at a book store? Seconp Book Worm: Well, if you buy them at auction you don't see them until it is too late; if you buy them from an agent you pay twice as much as you could get them for at auction, and if you buy them at a book store the time you spend in mak- ing the clerks understand what you want is worth as much as you would lose if you bought them at auction or from an agent. The only safe way is to read the newspapers. ALD 1915 comichooks fgom